Lenfant, 52, a Republican, said her campaign is focused on continuing to establish good government principles in the city while promoting its cultural and natural resources.

"The citizens of Mandeville deserve honesty and integrity in their city government; and I am committed to making those principles a hallmark of my administration," Lenfant, who serves as council chairwoman and mayor pro tem, said in a statement.

First elected to a district seat on the council without opposition in 2000, Lenfant has held an at-large seat on the panel since 2004.

Among the accomplishments Lenfant has touted is her work drafting an ordinance to create an internal audit committee, a committee to review the city charter, and a code of conduct committee. She has also pushed to depoliticize the city's Civil Service Board and improve the city's method of selecting professional service providers, a move she said was aimed at ensuring the process was fair and based on qualifications.

Price resigned his position in October, a week before he pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges. Interim Mayor Edward "Bubby" Lyons was appointed after Price's resignation, but has said he would not run in the election that will determine who heads the city until 2012.

In addition to her work on governmental and ethics issues, Lenfant said she is committed to protecting Mandeville's assets through historic preservation, cultural affairs and environmental projects. She has been involved in the purchase and preservation of wetlands through a city program, the annexation of properties to control development, and has worked with the Old Mandeville Business Association.